Motif
Pursuit halted by divine intervention at a named island
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A motif of the Divine Intervention and Guidance family, within the sub-family Rescue and Protection. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica THE CERCOPES / THE BATTLE OF FROGS AND MICE / OF THE ORIGIN OF HOMER AND HESIOD, AND OF THEIR CONTEST / ENDNOTES; lines 9372-9514 confidence: high
Zetes and Calais, sons of Boreas and Argonauts, delivered Phineus from the Harpies; the Strophades are explained as named because Iris turned them back from pursuing the Harpies there.
Iris turns back the sons of Boreas from pursuing the Harpies, giving the Strophades an explanatory name.
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